diff --git a/src/languages.js b/src/languages.js
index 5d49e60f53..77945bacc6 100644
--- a/src/languages.js
+++ b/src/languages.js
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ var async = require('async');
 var Languages = module.exports;
 var languagesPath = path.join(__dirname, '../build/public/language');
 
-Languages.init = function (next) {
-	next();
-};
-
 Languages.get = function (language, namespace, callback) {
 	fs.readFile(path.join(languagesPath, language, namespace + '.json'), { encoding: 'utf-8' }, function (err, data) {
 		if (err) {
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 6f89ea8570..2564642ade 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ function initializeNodeBB(callback) {
 		function (next) {
 			async.series([
 				meta.sounds.addUploads,
-				languages.init,
 				meta.blacklist.load,
 				flags.init,
 			], next);